Cloth examining and measuring machine



Feb 27, 1923., Y 1,446,496.

l CLOTH EXAMINING AND MEASURING MACHINE.

FILED FEB. 24,-1921. 4 SHEETS-SHEET l.

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H. D. BRENNER. 4

CLOTH EXAMINING AND MEASURING MACHINE.

FILED FEB. 24. 1921. '4 SHEETSSHEET 2.

Feb. 27, 1928, 1,446,496.

H. D. BRENNER.

CLOTH EXAMINING AND MEASURING MACHINE.

FILED FEB. 24. 192|. 4 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

Feb. 27, 1923.

H. D. BRENNER.

CLOTH ExAMmlNG AND MEASURING MACHINE.

4' SHEETS-SHEET 4.

FILED FEB. 24, 192|.

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Patented Feb., 27, 1923.

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HERMAN D. BRENNER, Olli' CHIGAGQ, ELLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FQURTH TO H. T. SPIESBERGEB, ONE-FOURTH TO MILTON IVI. COI-IN, AND ONEfFOURTH TO CLARENCE A. COT-IN, ALL OF CHICAGO, ILLNOS.

CLOTH EXAMINING AND .-.TVIEASURING IIACHNE.

Application led February 24, 192,1. Serial No. 447,375.

To all whom 'z may concern:

Be it known that l, HnmijAN D. BnnNNnn, of Chicago, Cook County, illinois, have 1nvented au certain new and useful Improvement in Cloth Examining and lifleasuring Machines, of which'the following is a speciiication. l y

rlfhis invention relates to machines for eX- aiiiining cloth, or to machines for measuring cloth, orI machines for both purposes, suchas those employed by manufacturing tailors, or in other establishments w1 ere large quantities of cloth are handled.

This is an improvementI on the machine shown and described in application Serial No. 422,770 tiled November S, i920. v (leiierally stated, the object of the inyention'is to provide an improved construction and arrangen'ient whereby the .cloth will travel over a surface, when it is spread out, so that the surface is coveredY by the full 4width of the cloth, and whereby the inspector or attendant operatingl the machine may control the movement of the cloth at will, so that the cloth'can be stopped whenever such is necessary'or desirable, and haying means to Vfold the examined cloth at the front of *thel machine, as will more fully appear. v g l It is also an object yto lprovide certain details and features of construction and combinations tending to increase the general efficiency and desirability of a machine of this particular character, or any machine conf structed to receiye cloth for any necessary or desired purpose. Y

To these and yother useful ends the invention consists in matters hereinafter set Yforth and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a clothv examining machine embodying the principles of the invention, y

Figure 2 is a front elevation of said machine.

Figure 3 is a rea-r Velevation of the upper portion o f said machine. l

Figure 4 is a detail plan View of a portion of said machine.

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail section.

Figure (3 is an enlarged section on line G-G iii Figure 4.

Figure 7 is an enlarged section on line 'Tm-7 in Figure 5.

As thus illustrated, the invention coinprises a body framev 1 upon .which the inclined table or examiningboard 2 is removably mounted in any suitable or desired manner. The spreader 3 is shaped, as shown, to enter the cloth and spread the same so that it will pass in single thickness over the roll 4; to the upper end of said table. The lower end of this il-shaped rod forming the spreader 3 is humped upward at 5, as shown, to ensure the best results in spreading the cloth. The large roll or drum 6 has a sand or other rough surface to receiye and pull the cloth frointlie lowei` end of said table 2, and has its ends provided with journals or shafts upheld in bearings formed by the pockets 'i' on the body frame. Said roll has `circumferent-ial grooves 8, and the body frame has strips 9 that extend over theroll into said grooves, and that havelower ends 10 to press the cloth away from the under side of the roll, just before the cloth rides or floats onto the folder 11 immediately below the roll. -lhe guards l2 are supported on the machine frame in position to extend into said grooves 8, below the roll, to keep the cloth from following the upwardly moving surface of the roll. Said folder 11 is vpivoted at 13 on the brackets 14 and swings up and `vdown atits inner end. A crank plate 15 on the roll shaftlG is connected by a pitiiian 17 with said folder, so that the vdriving of the roll serves to operate said folder. 'A worm gearing 1S on saidsha-ft 16 is connectcd bythe clutch 19 with the shaft, and a shaft Q0 drives saidgearing, being driven in turn by the belt 21 which is operated by the motor 22 on the body frame, A floating roll 23 is supported by bearing blocks 24: that slide on the inclined lguides 25, so that said small roll 23 is free to gravita-te against the vfront of the large roll 6, to keep the cloth pressed against the latter. Said roll Q3 can, of course, back away from the roll G,

automatically, to allow for thicker cloth.

A cloth meter 26, of any suitable character, is mounted to bear upon the cloth over the roll 6, so that it is operated by the cloth actually on the roll.

Said clutch 19 is controlled by the controller bar 27 which. is arranged transverselyat the front of the machine, to slide endwise' on the rod 28, so that the operator or attendant standing at the front of the machine may shift the bai' endwise to open or close the clutch at will.

The cloth is discharged from the inner end of the folder 1l, and is by the motion of the .folder caused to fold back and forth in a pile or heap, as shown in Figure l, in the clear space left for this purpose in the front of the body frame. lThe motor 2Q, and all of the operating parts, are above this space, so that the cloth cannot get tangled up with anything. The cloth thus goes in at the reai `and comes out at the front.

In use, the cloth'is fed in at: the rear of the machine, as explained, vand travels down the inclined surface ofthe table lor f examining board 2, which latter may have a white surface, or a surface of any suitable posed at they front of the machine, where the voperator .or attendant stands who controls theV machineand examines the cloth. n

As shown, :the meter '26 is mounted to In this way said rod has thedouble` func tion 'of supportingboth the meter and the tubular handle or controller. Thus it will be seen that the lcloth travels downwardly over i the inclined table landY ontothe positively driven drum 6, so that thel cloth is` fed by `engagement of said drum with the under` surface thereof, and is not pulled or fed by engagementof anythingwith the outer or topsurface of the cloth, it being-understood y' 'thatnthe cloth travels `downward over the table with the wrong side of the fabric Vagainstfthe table kand with the right side of the, cloth in full view'ofj the examineror inspector who is doing the work. The roll 28 engages-the outer surface of the clothv but V,merely `to` keepgthe latter pressed tightly against the feeding drum V6,',which carries the cloth downward and onto the swinging member l1 that accomplishes the fldlnigof the clothinthe space in frontV of themachine;V

rvWhatll claimas my invefntion is:

l. In a ycloth examining'machine, thefcombination ofrmea'ns to provide a surface upon Y which the cloth is'spread out to permit in-v spection thereof, and instrumentalities for causing the cloth to travel over said surface under control, so that the cloth can be stopped at will, with a clear space directly below said 1instruinentalities at the front ofthe machine for the discharge of the cloth. Y

2. A cloth examining machine as specified in claim l, in combination with means in said space to fold the'cloi'h back and forth in a. position which is accessible Vat' the front of the machine.

8. A cloth examining machine as specified in claim l, in combination with a folder disposed in said space, by which thecloth is dischargedfrom the machine, a-ndvmeans whereby said folder is operated by connectionwith said instrumentalities Y Y 4L. A cloth Yexamining machine as specified in yclaim 1, `said instrumentalities comprising a roll to receive and pull the'cloth directly fromsaidsurface, a shaftV to support said roll, worm gearing` on said shaft to drive the roll, a clutch onV said shaft to y Y y clothaway fromthe under side of theroll. swingen the rodQS which is Yheld in the f brackets 14k previouslydescribed.

6. A structure. as specified in claim f1,

said instrumentalities comprising al roll-.to

the cloth, and a motor andfconnections above V said space to drive said roll, so that the `operating parts of the invention are all abovethekdischargedcloth. y

7; A structure ask specified in claim jl,

and a folder pivoted at the front ofthe machine .and extending rearward, said, in-

strumentalities comprising a roll disposed,

immediately over said folder, worm gearing at the end ofsaidV roll, a clutch to connect said gearing with said roll, meanswhereby v vrotation of the roll operatessaid folder,

and means toi'drive said gearing. y

8. A structure' Vas specied in claim l1,

vsaid instrumentalities comprising ja large roll to receive and pullfthe cloth` fromsaid surface, a smaller roll topress thecloth against the front of said large'roll, andsup, porting means whereby said small 'roll free to gravitate against the large roll.

9. A structure as specified inwclai'm l, 125y said instrumentalities comprising a gravitational pressure roll to allow for different thicknesses of cloth.,V Vl0. In a cloth examining machine, the combination of a roll to receive and pull the cloth through the machine, a folder pivoted at the front of the machine and extend ing under said roll, With a clear space beloW the roll for the folded cloth.

l1. In a cloth examining machine, a spreader comprising' a V-shaped rod With an upward hump in the lower transverse end portion thereof.

12. In a cloth examining machine, controlling` mechanism therefor, a rod transverse at the front of said machine, a hand controller in the form of a tube movable end- Wise on said rod, and means whereby said tube controls said mechanism.

13. A structure as speciied in claim 16,

and a cloth meter mounted to swing on said rod, so that said rod has the double function of supporting both the controller and the meter.

141. In a machine of the class described,

an inclined table, means for supplying sheet material to the upper, end of said table,

folding means below the lower end of the HERMAN D. BRENNER. 

